The sky is blue, and there are a few white clouds, as if washed in water, making people look comfortable physically and mentally. The sun was high and warm on me. On the grassy hillside, a variety of flowers bloom. Even in this out-of-the-box place, spring has finally arrived.

A few shepherd boys stood on the hillside, watching the cattle and sheep grazing in front of them. One took a willow branch, pulled out the bark, made a whistle and blew there.

At this moment, a shepherd boy suddenly said, "Look, who is that?" Look at them, they are not good people. ”

The other hand put on the pergola, looked at it for a while, and said: "Look at the costume, it's not us Khitans." I heard that the Song army has passed Luming Mountain, aren't they coming? Last year, we lost a battle in Youzhou, and none of our people came back. ”

A few shepherd boys were talking and not knowing what to do. In the first battle of Youzhou, the Khitan army was annihilated, and no one in the rear should know how to deal with it, so it was taken day by day. Even when the Song army arrived in front of them, they didn't know what to do.

In the palace tent next to it, a fast horse rushed over. Immediately the knight dismounted, hurried to the tent gate, reported to the guard, and went inside. Changning Palace deployed Xiao Gu raised his head, looked at the knight, and said unhappily: "What's the matter, so in a hurry!" ”

The knight forked his hand: "Back to the captain, outside-the Song Army Brigade is here." It looks like there are thousands of people, and the momentum is menacing. ”

Xiao Gu stood up abruptly and said, "This is coming?" Hurry up and report to the city of Dadingfu to see how we can deal with it. ”

The knight shook his head: "Captain, the Song army has surrounded Dading Mansion, like an iron bucket, where can I get in?" ”

Xiao Gu was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't know what to do for a while. With only more than 200 soldiers under his command, how can he fight?

Changning Palace is the palace tent of Shu Luping, the queen of Taizu Yelu Abaoji, because of its special status, it has its own palace room like Xiao Xuan, the queen mother of Chengtian, who was later regent of Empress Jingzong. Changning Palace is in Gaozhou, but the main force in the palace is nomadic with the emperor.

The Khitan Huluduo has its own fiefdom and nominally guards the master's tomb. However, that was only in name, the fiefdom and the guards of the mausoleum were the remnants and slaves, and the main force was to follow the emperor's bowl to herd around.

Last year, Yelu Hongji went south, and Changning Palace sent more than 8,000 troops, and many of them went to war. Now the people left in the palace are all old and weak, women and children, and they are not capable of fighting at all. Hearing that the Song army was coming north, Xiao Gu also suggested a quick retreat north, but unfortunately there was no one who had an idea.

After thinking for a long time, Xiao Gucai said: "After the defeat last year, we didn't fight against the Song Dynasty again, what are they doing here?" ”

The knight listened and said hurriedly: "Taiwei, we can fight the Song Dynasty, why can't the Song Dynasty come to fight us?" Now that the army is about to arrive, you have to get an idea. Otherwise, the army of the Song Dynasty has arrived, where is our way to live! ”

Xiao Gu only felt that his heart was numb, and after a while, he said: "There are still a few palaces around, go and discuss with them quickly." ”

The knight shook his head: "There are thousands of Song troops attacking in every palace, and none of them can be spared, what is there to discuss?" Tai Lieutenant, the Song army came north this time to destroy my Khitan! ”

Xiao Gu looked around blankly, and said slowly: "If you want to run now, how can you run?" Now there are only more than 200 soldiers in the palace, most of them are old and weak, how to resist the Song people? A few days ago, I said that I was going to retreat north, but no one listened to me, what can I do now? ”

At this moment, someone came in from outside, and said with a forked hand: "Deploy, the Song army is coming outside." They look like they're coming toward us. ”

Xiao Gu waved his hand: "Got it." You don't have to panic, wait until I go and ask what the Song people are doing before making a decision. ”

After speaking, Xiao Gu sighed and said to the knight: "You come with me and go to see the Song people." The tents in the palace are scattered and shepherd, and now they can't run. But the original Song people should not go on a killing spree, leaving the people with a way out. ”

Hurriedly arranging his uniforms, Xiao Gu took a few of his subordinates, got out of the palace tent, got on the horse, and marched towards the Song army.

Tan Li rode on his horse and looked around. The mountains are gentle, the grass is green, all kinds of flowers are blooming, and the cattle and sheep graze leisurely. Shaking his head, he said to Zhou Sen beside him: "I don't know what the Khitan people think, after the country was dispatched last year, they went south, and they were extremely vicious." As a result, the 400,000 troops of the First World War were wiped out in Youzhou, and the rest of the people didn't know what to do. Our army came north and had already besieged Dading Mansion, and they were still idyllic here. To be honest, the Khitans don't take any precautions, and I don't know how to do it yet. ”

Zhou Sen said: "Before leaving, the Taiwei strictly ordered that this attack should not be wantonly killed. If the Khitans surrendered, they were surrendered. If they don't surrender, then attack resolutely and must not slack off. ”

Tan Li shook his head: "How do they fight?" There are thousands of tents in the Changning Palace in front, but there are few young and strong. If they go into battle with us, I really admire them. ”

Zhou Sen said: "Before leaving, it is estimated that this battle of Khitan will not be able to be fought." It's just that they can't fight, and they don't run away, which makes the captain and the others feel very confused. There is no reason for the Khitans to do this. ”

Where is there so much truth in the world? The death of the country is like this. When the Northern Song Dynasty fell, in the face of the besieging Jin army, what did the Great Song monarchs do? In hindsight, as long as people in their right minds feel that their behavior is unreasonable. If everything can be reasoned, how can it face destruction? There is no reason to talk about the imminent demise of the country. In the eyes of outsiders, it naturally feels incredible.

The main force of 400,000 Khitans died in Youzhou, as long as they have a normal mind, they know that the country cannot hold it. For the sake of the entire Khitan clan, resources should be integrated and retreated in an orderly manner. From the prefectures and counties closer to the border with the Song Dynasty, all the population was evacuated and retreated to the distant vicinity of Shangjing. But the Khitan has been strong for nearly two hundred years, and in the past two hundred years, how much wealth have they had in these places? Just leave with a word, Yelu Hongji can't do it.

The end result is that everyone has their own opinions, and in the end, they can't form an opinion that everyone accepts. Just sit and wait until the Song army arrives.

Du Zhongxiao thought about it, and he couldn't figure out why the Khitan was like this. Originally, he estimated that the Khitan would either concentrate all their remaining forces to fight him, or simply withdraw. The Khitan is very large, and even if the Zhongjing Province is lost, it can still retain a large number of people.

Unexpectedly, the Khitan didn't do anything at all. It seems that it is not 100,000 Song troops who came, but the envoys of the Song Dynasty, who only need to enter the city and entertain them well. Moreover, when the Song Dynasty army approached the city, the Khitan did not send envoys to ask what the Song Dynasty sent the army for. When the Song Dynasty besieged Dading Mansion, the Khitan turned out to be business as usual and did not react.

In the face of such a Khitan, the generals of the Song Dynasty were quite at a loss. They came to fight, and as a result, the enemy was not prepared for anything. Do you want to be slashed down by the enemy standing there? In the face of the old and weak, these soldiers really can't do it.

This is the reason why Du Zhongxiao confessed that the Song army was not allowed to kill people indiscriminately. Until yesterday, when the army came to Dading Mansion, they couldn't see the Khitan preparations. Although I don't know what will happen to the Khitan, it is clear that there is no power to fight back. The Song army could not be like the Khitans who went south, slaughtering and looting cities at every turn. They were livestock, and the Song army could not be livestock.

The national strength of the Song Dynasty can already be integrated here, and there is no need to retreat to Yanshan. The Song army's attack this time was not only to defeat the Khitan, but also to occupy the land of the Khitan and establish a huge empire.

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